SPOILER ALERT: This weekly blog is for those who have been watching FlashForward. Don't read ahead if you haven't seen episode ten yet.

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As the "Mid-Season Finale", and the last episode of 2009 (because the wiles of US TV are just plain bizarre) there was always the chance of a revelation and perhaps a couple of cliffhangers. This being FlashForward, of course, they tried to squeeze in at least half a dozen of each.

What happened?

Lloyd Simcoe tried to admit culpability for the blackout – but this noble idea may have been not only dangerous, but pointless: especially once Simon The Slimontist visited the FBI and realised that they might not actually be responsible after all – with the finger pointing, once again, at the mysterious D Gibbons.

Agents Benford and Noh travelled to Hong Kong to find the woman who called about Demetri's murder. They returned with unwelcome information – and with only Noh still able to call himself Agent. Yes, Mark Benford is turning freelance. On top of all that, Demetri's fiancée realised she'd seen his memorial, not their wedding, and Lloyd was kidnapped by violent men - which should teach us all a lesson about the folly of admitting fault.

And what of it?

Well there you have it. The title of the episode was the serial number of Benford's gun, which (the purring Persian of Hong Kong revealed) will be used to kill Demetri … at Benford's hand.

This is, of course, terrible news, although the chance that it might compel Benford to "do a Gough" has cheered me some small amount. I am Officially Bored of Mr Fiennes' flat, growlsome performance. Everyone else can stay. Except maybe Bryce.

And while it was a disappointment to discover that Lloyd and Simon's important scientific experiments probably didn't cause the FlashForward – it's good if it means the Slimontist will now be technical advisor to the world's least effective FBI bureau. Just watching him carefully enunciate each technical term like a labrador learning to speak Portuguese was enough to make me giddy, thinking of the heights of pretend-physicistness he might scale in the future.

So now we've got three camps. The actives who work toward making the things they saw in their FlashForward happen (Dr Bryce, Agent Janis); the passives who believe that the things seen in the FlashForward will happen whether the do anything or not, like the Blue Hand gang that have gone so quiet in the last few weeks. And the rebels - the ones who believe that the future need not happen, and are actively working to stop it - like the late Agent Gough and Demetri.

And then, of course, there are the undecideds, who seem to swing wildly between the three camps but never really believe in or settle on one. Like the Benfords, Lloyd, Wedeck… and possibly the writers of FlashForward themselves.

Forward thinking and flashes of inspiration

- Wedeck's wee tantrum proved that the Bureau are either provided with very heavy phones or extremely shonky televisions. No wonder they can't solve anything: they haven't got the technology, dammit.

- They certainly seem to show the 1977 BBC version of A Christmas Carol quite a lot on Hong Kong TV.

- The moment where Dominic Monaghan dramatically span around in his standard office chair was one of my favourite unintentional laugh-out-loud moments of the season so far. I have recorded the music and will be attaching it to my chair on a slow-spin-motion-sensor so I too can achieve the ultimate in dramatic office furniture. Coming soon to a Christmas gift shop near you.

- What happened to the Wedeck's political storyline? Will it be making a return, or has it gone the way of Agent Seth Macfarlane and the kangaroo? I miss them both.

- In fact, that's a good point: as we disband with only the first two fifths of this season to dwell on until the 2010, which other important-sounding plot points, characters or clues have been introduced in the last ten weeks then never seen again? And which may are most likely to have been buried for good?